How to Send EMail to a Cell Phone

Sending an email to a cell phone is known as SMTP technology, as opposed to the more common SMPP

Here's how you can send an email to any cell phone in the USA.

 technology which delivers traditional SMS text messages.

Most American carriers offer free email to SMS gateways which you can use from the convenience of your Outlook or other email software to send emails to cell phones.  All you need to know is the cell phone number and the carrier for your friend.

You should not, however, use this method for promotional purposes.  If the carriers see you sending too many email messages to cell phones, they will shut your service off.  The reason is that you must use a short code to send promotional text messages or advertisements.

How to Send Email to Cell Phone by Carrier

Alltel — phonenumber@message.alltel.com

AT&T — phonenumber@txt.att.net

Boost Mobile — phonenumber@myboostmobile.com

Sprint Nextel — phonenumber@messaging.nextel.com

Sprint Nextel — phonenumber@sprintpcs.com

T-Mobile — phonenumber@tmomail.net

US Cellular — phonenumber@email.uscc.net

Verizon — phonenumber@vtext.com

Virgin — phonenumber@vmobl.com

Be sure to not put spaces or dashes into the phone number.

If you’d like to deliver large bulk SMS messages, you may want to use SMTP technology.  84444.com has a program that enables you to simultaneous send large amounts of text messages to user cell phones.

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